Hoe does the diabetic insulin pump work?!
Question: Hoe does the diabetic insulin pump work!?
I am looking into getting the insulin pump and want to know exactly how it works!? How does it attach to you!? How do you use it!?
Does it really help control your diabetes better!? I am a little nervous about getting it, and want to know if it really helps!. How much does it usually cost!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
Does it really help control your diabetes better!? I am a little nervous about getting it, and want to know if it really helps!. How much does it usually cost!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
Gary B has some good info but some is wrong!.
My pump attaches with a cannula threaded with a needle!. After injecting the cannula I tape it up and remove the needle!. Super simple!. So much better then 8 shots a day!.
I recommend a pump for all type 1 diabetics!. An insulin pump will allow you to eat almost anything you want!. You will have less highs and lows!. A pump is probably the easiest ways to prevent complications!.
My pump can come with a Continuous Glucose Monitor!. It tracks you blood sugars 24 hrs a day!. It also alarms if your sugars go below 70 or above 200!. It's incredible to have this technology! You change it at home not at the hospital or doctor!. I only have to test every 4 hrs!. this is standard with or without the glucose sensor!.
I lost 50lbs after getting my pump!. It has helped me get my A1C from a 12 to a 6!.
It is super simple!. Usually a person from the pump company teaches you how to use it!. They will go through evey function to help you!. They also have a 24hr help line!.
There is nothing to be nervous about!. I am such a chicken and I've had a Metronic Minimed pump for 10 yrs now!. I would never go with out one now!. It has really changed my life for the better!. I hope this has help you even just a little bit!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
My pump attaches with a cannula threaded with a needle!. After injecting the cannula I tape it up and remove the needle!. Super simple!. So much better then 8 shots a day!.
I recommend a pump for all type 1 diabetics!. An insulin pump will allow you to eat almost anything you want!. You will have less highs and lows!. A pump is probably the easiest ways to prevent complications!.
My pump can come with a Continuous Glucose Monitor!. It tracks you blood sugars 24 hrs a day!. It also alarms if your sugars go below 70 or above 200!. It's incredible to have this technology! You change it at home not at the hospital or doctor!. I only have to test every 4 hrs!. this is standard with or without the glucose sensor!.
I lost 50lbs after getting my pump!. It has helped me get my A1C from a 12 to a 6!.
It is super simple!. Usually a person from the pump company teaches you how to use it!. They will go through evey function to help you!. They also have a 24hr help line!.
There is nothing to be nervous about!. I am such a chicken and I've had a Metronic Minimed pump for 10 yrs now!. I would never go with out one now!. It has really changed my life for the better!. I hope this has help you even just a little bit!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Sounds like the others have given you the basics, just want to add that I love my pump! It's the closest thing we have to an artifical pancreas, and so much more adaptable to your needs than shots can ever be!. It's a pain to sleep with sometimes cause it gets in the way, but I wouldn't trade it for anything!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I have the same pump atheist bean has and I love it! It was the best decision I ever made!. I went from A1C of 13 to 6!.8 after getting it!. My first pump wasn't totally covered by insurance but Minimed let me work out monthly payments even letting me choose how much the payments would be!. Hope this Helps and best of luck!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
The insulin pump contains a "resevoir" of insulin, and constantly applies a small amount to your system through a needle that is taped to your skin, like an IV line!.
YOU program the pump to deliver a certain amount of insulin!. The pump has little "UP" and "DOWN" buttons to increase or decrease the amount of insulin!.
In order to know how to program the pump, you need to take "finger stick" reading AT LEAST every hour!. This is VERY important! if you set it to produce too much insulin you will pass out, and could die!. so after a meal you set it UP, then after an hour you set it DOWN, and you make adjustments every hour!.
Because your body is getting insulin ALL the time, there is a great improvement on blood sugar control!. As you know, the better your sugars are controlled, the better you will feel,!. the healthier you will be, and the longer you will live!.
The problem with the pump is that YOU have to take "finger stick" measurements every hour!. This is because the "sensor" (the strip used in you test meter) is good for only one time!.
There are some experiments I just heard about!. Scientists have developed a new sensor that works continuously!. This sensor is placed under your skin, in your belly!. Wires come out and go to a small microcomputer!. The microcomputer constantly measures you blood sugar, and tells an insulin pump how much insulin to use!. With this system you do not have to take the finger stick readings!. BUT !. !. !.the sensor has to be replaced avery 30 days or so, and this requires out-patient surgery in the doctors office!.
This system is still experimental, and will not be available to purchase for 7-10 years!. Still -- YOU might be one of the first to buy one later!
EDIT:
yes -- extremely rude!. Sorry you had to see that!.
BTW -- I think insulin pumps are in the $6000 - $8000 range, but insurance usually pays for most of it!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
YOU program the pump to deliver a certain amount of insulin!. The pump has little "UP" and "DOWN" buttons to increase or decrease the amount of insulin!.
In order to know how to program the pump, you need to take "finger stick" reading AT LEAST every hour!. This is VERY important! if you set it to produce too much insulin you will pass out, and could die!. so after a meal you set it UP, then after an hour you set it DOWN, and you make adjustments every hour!.
Because your body is getting insulin ALL the time, there is a great improvement on blood sugar control!. As you know, the better your sugars are controlled, the better you will feel,!. the healthier you will be, and the longer you will live!.
The problem with the pump is that YOU have to take "finger stick" measurements every hour!. This is because the "sensor" (the strip used in you test meter) is good for only one time!.
There are some experiments I just heard about!. Scientists have developed a new sensor that works continuously!. This sensor is placed under your skin, in your belly!. Wires come out and go to a small microcomputer!. The microcomputer constantly measures you blood sugar, and tells an insulin pump how much insulin to use!. With this system you do not have to take the finger stick readings!. BUT !. !. !.the sensor has to be replaced avery 30 days or so, and this requires out-patient surgery in the doctors office!.
This system is still experimental, and will not be available to purchase for 7-10 years!. Still -- YOU might be one of the first to buy one later!
EDIT:
yes -- extremely rude!. Sorry you had to see that!.
BTW -- I think insulin pumps are in the $6000 - $8000 range, but insurance usually pays for most of it!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
no 1 knows so get off ur but and check on the web!!!!Www@Answer-Health@Com